LETTERS

There were several Xinjiang students in my department when I was in college 15 years ago, some Han, some Uygur. Although they were close with each other, they also fit on well with students from other parts of the nation. There was even a young Uygur girl that fell in love with a boy from southern China, and the two were together for much of the four years we were in college. But she hid the relationship from her parents,     

Tracing the Song of the Dolan People

Walking into Ayimak
Alter learning that a village in Aksu City of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region might be the Dolan people＇s potential place of origin, I enthusiastically embarked on my quest to explore the region with a mind imploding of questions.     

Help for Xinjiang or A Knockout Blow?

Born and growing up in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, I felt a sense of unfairness between the Han people like me and the ethnic minority groups living there. Many of my classmates from the ethnic minorities had at least one sibling, but most of the Hans didn't. Though the one-child policy prevailed at that time, the ethnic minorities were exempted.     

Scenes From Xinjiang

A group of photographers made an art odyssey to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last year, exploring its natural beauty and the colorful lives of the people there.Fifty-six ethnic groups, including Uygur, Han and Kazak, live in Xinjiang, making it one of the regions with the most ethnic groups in China.     

PEARL OF THE SILK ROAD

<正>With its well-preserved ethnic culture,Xinjiang,the most western region in China,is drawing the eyes of the world Many visitors to Kashgar,the westernmost city in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,may well be lured by a widespread saying that"you’ll not know the true face of Xinjiang if you don’t go to Kashgar."With Uygur people accounting for around 90 percent of its population,the oasis city west of the Taklamakan Desert is called a living museum of Uygur culture owing to its preservation of ethnic lifestyles amid modern trappings.     

A HAPPIER PRESENT AND FUTURE

<正>Employment and educational opportunities are seen as two main means of addressing the core problem of poverty in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,especially in the region’s southern part,where economic growth lags far behind the national average.In the past three years,the four prefectures Kashgar,Hotan,Aksu and Kizilsu in south Xinjiang have created nearly 5 million jobs for local people,mainly rural Uygur residents.In the     

Kurbanian Samat：The Photographer

URBAN JAN Samat couldn＇t sleep on the night of March 1, 2014, after hearing news that ,29 people had been killedby eight Uygur assailants at Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan Province. Authorities identified the assailants as part of separatist forces from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Kurbanjan felt enraged and upset when he saw Weibo bloggers carelessly blaming everyone from Xinjiang. He decided to retort to biases with a photo series titled I＇m from Xinjiang.     

Xinjiang A New Chapter

The past decade has seen big changes in Xinjiang,the Uygur autonomous region in northwest China where 58 percent of locals hail from ethnic minority groups.Kurbanjan Samat,Uygur native and well-known documentary maker,honored his own commitment to publishing a series of documentaries and accompanying books on the people of the region to battle the external bias against his hometown.     

Far Out,Way In

Minority students from remote places in Xinjiang flock to more developed regions for a short at better education In the vast and sparsely populated Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China’s northwest more than half of the residents are members of minority ethnic groups with native languages other than Mandarin Chinese. Education is complicated by the region’s linguistic, geographic and socioeconomic conditions. "In my hometown,educational resources are scarce and dropout rates are very high," said Merhaba,a 13-year-old Uygur girl from Kashgar Prefecture."Almost all my cousins dropped out after middle school or even primary school. My brother and I are the only ones to go out of Kashgar for education." Merhaba is a student at No.66 Middle School in Urumqi,the capital city of Xinjiang.Her exam scores earned her admission to the elite     

Opportunity in Diversity

<正>A former Uygur farmer reaps the fruits of multiculturalism Four years ago,Nurahmet Memet was a farmer in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Today,he no longer leads a hardscrabble life in southern Kargilik County,next to the Taklamakan Desert,and instead has become a successful company     

The Freedom to Prosper

At the mere mention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, manyChinese may likely be reminded of a popular Uygur folk song eulogizingthis vast bountiful land in the country's western frontier.But apart from its rich natural endowments, Xinjiang also takes great     

Helping Xinjiang Catch Up

<正>Guangdong explores new methods to aid Xinjiang While China’s eastern coastal regions bask in the glow of an economic boom following initiation of the reform and opening up policy in 1978,inland Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region lags behind.     

Place of Ethnic Fusion

UMAR Abdurehim of the Uygur ethnic group, aged 65, livesin Kuqa County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Facing the gate in the courtyard of his home is a row of buildings: from right to left a sitting room, bedrooms and kitchen. In front of the house is a five-meter-wide carpeted corridor. Umar‘s two-year-old grandson swings playfully on a long rope hanging from the trellis. A household specializing in tourism, the family receives countless tourists. The child is obviously accustomed to visitors and poses for photographs like a professional.     

A Model of Chinese Style

<正>At a national conference at the end of May,the Chinese Government said partnership assistance in the past year had boosted development in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region remarkably and called for greater support.Since March2010,     

ONE-WAY TICKET TO PROSPERITY

<正>Transitions from farm to factory help to reduce poverty in south Xinjiang Uygur women in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,northwest China,are well known across the nation for their long braided hair and dancing talent.Raziya Kadir,though,deviates from the stereotype by virtue of her short hair,and her appearance often gives people the impression that she has a somewhat selfwilled disposition.So,the major life change     

PEOPLE OF THE GRASSLAND

正Four seasons in the Nalati Grassland Kazak herder Zhalyn Rakhymzhan returned to his home in the Nalati Grassland even though this meant giving up admission to a university in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, about 10 years ago. "Life is too fast in Urumqi," Zhalyn Rakhymzhan told Beijing Review, "I'm glad that I came back! We live a very simple life here."     

Mission Possible

<正>Xinjiang’s battle against desertification pays off ’I’ve heard about the legend that claims a desert poplar will stand tall for another 1,000 years after it dies.But I never expected to see them come back to life with my own eyes,"Mawlan Mamat,a Uygur desert and forest ranger in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,told Beijing Review.     

STEADY RECOVERY

Staff work on the production line in a car workshop in Urumqi in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,northwest China,on April 9.With Xinjian^s auto industry resuming worK the production of automobiles has steadily increased,and the industry in the region is on course to recovery from the adverse effects of the novel coronavirus epidemic.     

Aksu Hits the Books

正Local Xinjiang government promises young people a better future by improving educationOn the afternoon of September 16, 18-year old Nurbigul Tohti sat quietly in the art room of No.4 Middle School of Kuqa, part of Aksu Prefecture in south Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Her eyes were fixated on the face sketch in front of her.     

Starting from Scratch： Stories of Two Xinjiang Peasants

Zhao Jinjiang: Founder of the dairy cow associationW E arrived at Fuhai County after a 0-hour drive north of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With its abundant water re- sources, it is an oasis in the otherwise arid desert. And in…